MARA BROCK AKIL has written and produced over 400 episodes of television, leaving her mark on Hollywood. She’s received the prestigious Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award by NATPE, and has been named in Variety and The Hollywood Reporter’s Showrunner Power Lists. Akil’s most recent project was the critically acclaimed Netflix adaptation of the 1975 Judy Blume novel FOREVER. The series was renewed for a season 2 and premiered to rave reviews. In 2021, Mara expanded her passion for non-profit work and started her very own non-profit writing residency in Los Angeles, the Writers’ Colony, where she supports up-and-coming underrepresented writers/creatives.